a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
"TEAL" is an acronym for Tripedal Electronic Ambulatory Locomotive. The walking model's appearance and colour scheme, as well as its name plays on a duck theme. Model Size – 12" x 5" x 8". The model featured in Model Maker magazine, June 1955. TEAL appears to be the first ever hobby model that had a walking …
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Pic of cover of Eagle – 20 Jan 1956 Vol 7 No. 1. Phant Walking tank. Concept working drawings including the “walking tank” [top left]. From Frank Hampson’s “Ideas Book”. Dan Dare – Rogue Planet 1955-7 The above images were taken by David Buckley when we travelled to the British Science Museum to study W. …
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The original article appeared in Scientific American, The Amateur Scientist, An Electronic Mouse That Learns From Experience by Harry Rudloe, 1955 Mar, pg 116 . This copy from C. L. Stong. The Amateur Scientist. Ill. by Roger Hayward. S&S, 1960. The Electronic Mouse That Learns From Experience, pp. 394-398. Harry Rudloe describes a relay circuit …
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Maze currently found in Polytechnic Museum of Science and Technology , Moscow. Cybernetic model "Mouse in the maze" (see video clip here) [Thanks Joseba Arruabarrena as the video clip is now on youtube.] One of the first developments in the field of cybernetics in the Soviet Union. Modeling ability to learn the simplest living creature …
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FRANKEN The original Franken maze solver was designed and built by Bert and Ivan Sutherland. I suspect it was built for Edmund C. Berkeley. Berkeley , it appears, had used the early version as a prototype, and engaged his other associates, namely Bob Jensen, Juli Skalski and Stan Skalski in drawing up a revised document suitable for …
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